Lions, Tigers, and… Drugs? Oh My! – CrimsonState | Political News
Every now and then, we’re reminded that the world isn’t only stranger than we think about, but stranger than we can think about.
Case in level: In Coos County, Oregon, at a place referred to as the West Coast Game Park Safari, Oregon State Police and federal brokers responded to months of abuse allegations. They arrived at the power with a search warrant, but they discovered a lot more than abused, hungry animals.
More than 300 unique animals have been rescued from a decrepit Oregon zoo after a police raid turned up caches of medicine, weapons and more than a million {dollars} in money.
The animals — ranging from large cats to chimpanzees and camels — have been rescued from West Coast Game Park Safari in Coos County when Oregon State Police and federal brokers descended with search warrants following months of abuse allegations.
That’s not the true eyebrow-raiser. Oh, that would have been enough for some prolonged jail sentences, as nicely as drawing the ire of animal lovers all over the place. But the lawmen discovered more than that.
The raid also revealed indicators of a horrifying felony operation within the zoo.
At least 44 weapons — including a machine gun — have been discovered, along with 80 grams of methamphetamine and eight grams of cocaine.
Investigators also discovered about $1.6 million price of money, bonds and cashier checks, according to the Coos County Sheriff’s workplace.
Now, I’m a tad skeptical about the “machine gun,” as too many media retailers screech “OMG MACHINE GUN” whenever a firearm has a little black plastic or a Picatinny rail. But that’s not likely the purpose; 44 weapons, an quantity of meth clearly meant for distribution, and $1.6 million? While the animals are ravenous?
The proprietor of the “zoo” is now in a cage himself.
West Coast Game Park’s proprietor — 52-year-old Brian Tenney — was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession, manufacturing and tried distribution of methamphetamine, the Oregonian reported.
All of the animals — including 15 large cats ranging from lions and tigers to leopards, jaguars, bobcats and more — have since been rehomed.
It could be applicable for the seized money to go to the care of the animals that have been rescued from this terrible place. I’m not sure that would or might occur, legally, but anyway, it could be the appropriate factor to do.
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There are zoos, of course, where the animals are cared for scrupulously, their every need met. The St. Louis Zoo, run for some time by Marlin Perkins of “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” fame, has a good popularity, or at least it did in the mid-’70s when I visited it. The Denver zoo, likewise. When I met my spouse, she was a keeper in a small municipal zoo in a city in western Kansas, and while she admitted it wasn’t excellent, the keepers have been all devoted people, and town was bettering the power over the time she labored there. And one of the best zoos I’ve ever visited was in Japan, in the Ueno district of Tokyo.
Things like this Coos County, Oregon mess are a pity for more causes than just the struggling of the animals. They detract from a lot of the nice work respected zoos do, not only in educating the public about animals they’d never see in any other case, but also in preserving and defending endangered species.
That’s a good factor to do. As for Brian Tenney, let’s hope he is in a cage himself, for a good long while, along with all of his accomplices. It’s no more than they deserve.
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